Tag: Internet
Quake Live
by Steve on Mar.02, 2009, under Games, Internet
The browser game comes of age. This is impressively good for a browser based game. Still requires Windows though, but they say they’re working on Linux and Mac versions.
Its pretty much exactly the same as Quake 3 was when it came out 10 years ago, except that the computer I had back then couldn’t run it 
DSL upgrades
by Steve on Jul.31, 2008, under Internet, Nerdism
Your line will be upgraded on the weekend of the 9th August
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Pity my line noise stats are so awful that it is unlikely to go any faster than the 3Mb I have already!
Useful site for drivers
by Steve on Jul.29, 2008, under Internet, Motors
I’ve been using a clunky Excel spreadsheet to track my fuel economy since I bought my current car just over a year ago. Now there’s a much simpler way to do this, via the web. Spritmonitor.de lets you plug in your mileage information after each time you fill up and automatically will calculate your average economy in L/100km, imperial MPG and US MPG.
It can generate fancy icons for use on blogs, forum signatures, etc as well. Like this:
You can click the icon for loads more information.
It can guesstimate your co2 emissions based on the car you drive and the economy you’re getting out of it too. This came up after I entered information after filling the car this evening:
Consumption: 7,15 l/100km 636 km and 46 l
CO2 emission: 167 g/km 636 km and 106 kg
Fuel costs: 9,45 EUR/100km 636 km and 60 EUR
I like it
Stephen Fry on the Internet
by Steve on Jul.12, 2008, under Internet, Technology
Leave a Comment :Internet, stephen fry more...Bitstream broadband upgrades on the way!
by Steve on Feb.01, 2008, under Internet, Ireland, Nerdism, Technology
Eircom, the telco everyone loves to hate, has announced that they are upgrading their bitstream broadband products all round… unless you’re on a 1Mb deal, in which case it sucks to be you.
If you’re on a 2Mb product you’ll be going to 3Mb.
If you’re on 3Mb you’ll be going to 7.6Mb.
If you’re on 4Mb you’ll be going to 10Mb.
If you’re on 6Mb you’ll be going to 12Mb.
All of the above depends on the poxy Eircom copper between you and the exchange being up to the task. They haven’t mentioned if there will be any change in upstream speeds yet. Upgrades are being rolled out between now and June. Apparently this is all part of Eircom’s ADSL2+ rollout.
